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Poaching of doctors from Africa is 'international crime': Lancet

Recruitment agencies in rich countries which actively recruit health workers in Africa are guilty of "international crime," a hard-hitting viewpoint in The Lancet says.

By poaching doctors and nurses from south of the Sahara, rich nations are sapping poor countries of vital personnel who have cost a fortune to train, according to the piece which is to be published on Saturday.

Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States alone have more than 13,000 doctors who were trained in sub-Saharan Africa. More >>